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Include oil palm in NGP as high value crop, govt urged By RUFFY MAGBANUA, Contributor
MALAYBALAY City––The feverish push to include oil palm as high yield value crop in the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government gets into high gear, the Philippine Palmoil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI) said as it concludes the Ist Palm Oil Investment Forum held in this
mountain-top city. The forum, attended by over 100 local key players of the palm oil industry in Mindanao, served as a prelude to a bigger oil palm event in March next year––the staging of the 8th National Oil Palm Congress in Cagayan de Oro City to be hosted by A Brown Energy
Resources Development Inc. (ABERDI) headed by its President Robert Pizarro. PPDCI President Erwin Garcia, himself a leading industry player said the time has come for the national government to recognize oil palm farming as a solution to overcome rural poverty. Oil Palm is widely known today as “Asia’s miracle farm tree” due to its tremendous
potential for high yield and farm income. “PPDCI seeks the support of government particularly the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in promoting the country’s emerging palm oil industry,” Garcia said. Under PD 232, PCA has been mandated to promote PALM/PAGE 9 Oil palm planters from all over Mindanao during the Ist Investment Forum held in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.
Abu Sayyaf kills Indian captive By AL JACINTO Regional Editor-Zamboanga
Z A M B OA N G A City––Authorities were verifying reports that a kidnapped Indian national was executed by the Abu Sayyaf on the southern province of Sulu where the militant group tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya is still holding a Japanese and a Malaysian hostages. Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra, the Sulu provincial police chief, said KILLS/PAGE 3
Oil firms rake in P147m daily from overpricing BAYAN Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño yesterday said oil companies rake in approximately P147 million every day from overpricing the local pump price of diesel alone. Casiño said almost 78 percent of this amount will go to the four biggest oil companies in the country (Petron – P55 million daily extra profits from overpriced diesel; Shell, P38 million; Chevron, P15 million; and Total, P8 million). OVERPRICING/PAGE 9 CASIÑO
Asean, other nations to Join Balikatan exercises By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga
BUTUAN City––Delegates from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam will join counterparts from Australia, Japan and South Korea to participate in Balikatan exercises to be counducted in various parts of the country next month. Officials said the 2012 edition of the annual Balikatan joint exercises will be the first time participants from other countries will be involved. As reported by Gilbert Felongco of Philippine News, U.S. troops will conduct drills with Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel for the 28th version of the Philippines-United States multilateral event with several A storyteller entertains children of Sendong survivors at Macanhan, barangay Car- countries taking part in the Humanitarian Assistance men, on Tuesday. The activity was spearheaded by the United Nations Population Disaster Exercise on April 16-27, 2012. Fund through its local partners in Cagayan de Oro.PHOTO BY:GERRY L. GORIT EXERCISES/PAGE 9
WEATHER UPDATE EASTERLIES prevailing over the eastern section of Northern and Central Luzon. Northern and Central Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the East to Southeast will prevail over Northern and Central Luzon and coming from the East to Northeast over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough.
source: pagasa
Five suspected kidnappers nabbed By SONNY SUDARIA, Correspondent-Armm
MARAWI City––The military’s drive against loose firearms and lawless elements bore fruit as it arrested five suspected kidnappers during a military-installed checkpoint in one of the
barangays here. 2Lt. Dennis V. Parale, who led the mobile checkpoint, indetified those arrested as Abdul Wahed B. Ano, 27; Mohaimen Mangondaya, 39; Casan Lao Ma-
carambon, 38; Ali Alionar Aminodin, 27, all residents of Barangay Inudaran, Marantao, Lanao del Sur; and a certain Parok Paralo Marohom, 52, a resident of Barangay Barit, Ganasi, Lanao del Sur. NABBED/PAGE 3
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